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Suspect Killed in Brussels Raid Linked to Paris Terror Attacks

© AP Photo / DIRK WAEM / BelgaPolice officers take position at the site of a shooting in the southern Forest district of Brussels on March 15, 2016
Police officers take position at the site of a shooting in the southern Forest district of Brussels on March 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Police have shot and killed one suspect, armed with an assault rifle, during a Belgian-French anti-terror operation in Brussels. The federal prosecutor's office said that the individual killed is not, however, key Paris attacks suspect Saleh Abdeslam.

A Belgium police officer secures the area from a rooftop near the scene where shots were fired during a police search of a house in the suburb of Forest near Brussels, Belgium, March 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
Police Neutralize Gunman Involved in Brussels Anti-Terror Raid Shootout
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office also said that four police officers were wounded during the operation.

"One or more people immediately opened fire on police the moment the door was opened by the security forces," the office said in a statement.

Police stormed the building five hours later, and "a suspect armed with a Kalashnikov was killed."

It was earlier reported that one of the gunmen was neutralized, though the identity of that individual remains unclear.

The raid was related to the Paris terror attacks last November in which 130 people were killed in shootings at multiple sites across the French capital.

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